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Philip estimates that he injected $1 million into each of his scar-tracked arms during the 18 years he lost to heroin. He watched his Fall River home with its granite countertops, his job as a truck driver, his marriage, and his relationship with his two young children evaporate as quickly as the money he used to keep the sickness of withdrawal at bay. “It’s a chase every day, from the time you wake up to the time you go to bed,” Philip said. “I lost everything, just for a drug.” Phil...

Rhode Island establishes new civil rights investigation unit Criminal and civil attorneys will work together to determine whether a criminal or civil action should be brought By Amanda Milkovits Globe Staff,Updated December 11, 2020, 6:00 a.m. Email to a Friend PROVIDENCE, RI 5/22/2020 A exterior of the Garrahy Judicial Complex on Dorrance Streen Providence. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff PROVIDENCE — After a summer in which the city saw protest after protest cal...